The Great Root Movement
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832136656
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Allen, TX, USA
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,579
- Expenses
- $40,084
- Assets
- $21,827
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Karen Sparks (President)
- Duke Sparks (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Nicole Chilson (Treasurer)
- Karen Sparks (President)
- Kori Sparks (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Great Root Movement is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting women navigating grief trauma and mental health challenges particularly those impacted by child loss domestic abuse and depression. Through its "Love. Move. Rize." initiative the organization offers access to support groups restorative activities health resources and scholarships for therapeutic programs. Additionally it provides educational scholarships in memory of the founders children to assist graduating high school seniors pursuing higher education.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization awarded scholarships to graduating high school seniors in memory of the founders children. These scholarships provided financial assistance to students pursuing higher education with an emphasis on those demonstrating resilience in the face of personal challenges. In the reporting year sixteen scholarships were awarded to students in local Texas communities helping them offset the cost of tuition and educational expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 20.2%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 20.2% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.